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as most of you know, she is the politics editor of the pbs newshour. so christina, most experts basically think that the house is going to stay republican so let's talk a little bit about the senate. how consequential is this election when it comes to the senate? >> well, it's really important to keep in mind that it's already fairly narrowly divided and when you game out all of the different competitive elections, democrats playing more defense than they are offense and that's in part because they one so many seats in 2006. so chances are that the democrats are going to have a slimmer majority in 2013 and the republicans are going to be able to flip a handful of seats somewhere between two and five, but the democrats may flip a few seats. so in the end you're probably going to have a very narrowly divided senate that could make things difficult for whoever the next president is. >> ok, and so let's talk a little bit about policy. what are some of the issues and why is the senate so critical in this? >> well, there are a lot of different things. if mit
as most of you know, she is the politics editor of the pbs newshour. so christina, most experts basically think that the house is going to stay republican so let's talk a little bit about the senate. how consequential is this election when it comes to the senate? >> well, it's really important to keep in mind that it's already fairly narrowly divided and when you game out all of the different competitive elections, democrats playing more defense than they are offense and that's in part...
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you go to our website, the pbs newshour page. you can see right there when you scroll down right there, there will be a big, huge icon that says map center. when you click on that, you're going to likely see something different than this. right now it's all white because there aren't any results point in yet. there's no data out of the precincts in oklahoma. that's write now but eventually it will turn red or blue. what you're also going to see is this calculator. you can have a little bit of fun, become an armchair quarterback, if you want to, and figure out where the election is going to go if that's what you wanted to do. for example, all you have to do with these states is go ahead and click on a state. if you think colorado is not a toss-up anymore as the associated press thinks and you think it will go for romney when you click on it twice, it will turn red. if you click on it again it will turn blue. what you can see here is it actually affects the electoral vote count. so important. this is why and how you can understand
you go to our website, the pbs newshour page. you can see right there when you scroll down right there, there will be a big, huge icon that says map center. when you click on that, you're going to likely see something different than this. right now it's all white because there aren't any results point in yet. there's no data out of the precincts in oklahoma. that's write now but eventually it will turn red or blue. what you're also going to see is this calculator. you can have a little bit of...
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back to this special vote 2012 edition of the pbs newshour. from the victory rallies tonight it's been a long road that now appears to have finally reached its end. the voters have spoken. we'll be reporting and analyzing what they had to say in this hour and thrghout the evening on most pbs stations. here to help us do that are syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times"el columnist david brooks. david brooks, are you shockd about indiana? >> no. no, there was no way barack obama was going to carry that. there were two states he carried last time that were a bit tbreekish. indiana was super freakish if i can go back to the 1970s. >> ifill: a good way to start the night. >> and north carolina was less freakish but still unusual. now north carolina is a swing state. that's in part because the demographics have shifted so much in north carolina. those were the two states he carried that will be uphill this time. >> woodruff: mark, what happened in indiana though? the president was campaigning there very late in the game in 2008. what
back to this special vote 2012 edition of the pbs newshour. from the victory rallies tonight it's been a long road that now appears to have finally reached its end. the voters have spoken. we'll be reporting and analyzing what they had to say in this hour and thrghout the evening on most pbs stations. here to help us do that are syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times"el columnist david brooks. david brooks, are you shockd about indiana? >> no. no, there was no way...
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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: after another day of violence, a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas was finally announced in cairo today. but further negotiations on key longer-term sticking points between the two sides were put off for now. egypt's foreign minister, mohammed kamel amr, announced the breakthrough with secretary of state hillary clinton at his side. >> egypt has exerted efforts and conducted intensive discussions since the renewed outbreak of hostilities in the gaza strip with all parties: the palestinian leadership, the these efforts and communications managed to reach an agreement to a ceasefire and the return of calm and halt of the violence and the bloodshed that was witnessed recently. >> the united states welcomes the agr
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. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's nehour major funng for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by theorporationor public roadsti. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the president faced the white house press corps today in a wide-ranging session. he addressed two major stories-- the fiscal cliff and the sex scandal that ousted the c.i.a. director-- plus immigration, climate change and more. newshour correspondent kwame holman has the story. >> please have a seat. i hear u have some questions for me. ( laughter ) >> reporter: the president went right to the point in his first news conference since winning re-election eight days ago. topping the list: the looming fiscal cliff, $650 billion in spending cuts and tax increases kicking in at the first of the year. >> if congress fails to act by the end of this year, everybody's taxes will automatically go up, including the 98% of americans who make less than $250,000 a year
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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the losses in life and property kept growing today, in the wake of "sandy". the death toll reached 92 and the focus on physical damage shifted to new jersey, where the monster storm blasted barrier islands and other waterside ties. the massive force of the storm's destruction along the jersey shore came fully into view today. town after town presented stark scenes of wrecked homes and boats, underscoring the long process of rebuilding that lies ahead. one of those towns was the long beach community north of atlantic city, where army national guard troops arrived to assist. >> a lot of devastation. the island has been hit very hard. from what i understand there is roughly 18,000 homes without power, there is severe gas l
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back to this special vote 2012 edition of the pbs newshour. from the victory rallies tonight it's been a long road that now appears to have finally reached its end. the voters have spoken. we'll be reporting and analyzing what they had to say in this hour and throughout the evening on most pbs stations. here to help us do that are syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. david brooks, are you shockd about indiana? >> no. no, there was no way barack obama was going to carry that. there were two states he carried last time that were a bit tbreekish. indiana was super freakish if i can go back to the 1970s. >> ifill: a good way to start the night. >> and north carolina was less freakish but still unusual. now north carolina is a swing state. that's in part because the demographics have shifted so much in north carolina. those were the two states he carried that will be uphill this time. >> woodruff: mark, what happened in indiana though? the president was campaigning there very late in the game in 2008. what
back to this special vote 2012 edition of the pbs newshour. from the victory rallies tonight it's been a long road that now appears to have finally reached its end. the voters have spoken. we'll be reporting and analyzing what they had to say in this hour and throughout the evening on most pbs stations. here to help us do that are syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. david brooks, are you shockd about indiana? >> no. no, there was no way...
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major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: for the first time in four years, president obama did not have to worry about re-election today. still, there was little time to savor tuesday's victory, in the face of a potential fiscal crisis at the end of the year. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage on this day after the election of 2012. >> reporter: mr. obama departed his hometown of chicago this afternoon for washington, his home for another four years. waiting for him: a still- divided congress now facing a critical lame duck session. the president made it clear in his victory speech last night that he thinks the country wants an end to gridlock. >> tonight, you voted for action, not politics as usual. ( applause ) you elected us to foc
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welcome back to this pbs newshour special coverage of election night 2012. i'm judy wood rough. the story so far tonight in the presidential race, president obama has won the traditionally democratic northeast. mitt romney has swept the south. but not a single major battle ground state has yet been called. >> ifill: and i'm gwen i've. it's 9:00 eastern time. the polls have now closed in washington d.c. and in 40 states including 15 which just closed moments ago. we're going to talk to mark shields and david brooks who are joining us here again as they have all night about what we have seen so far tonight. we don't have any trends yet that are emerging, do we? except we don't know. >> that's not a trend. i guess the only thing again what you do at this time of night, you see 50, 40% in some of the swing states especially florida and virginia. so you look at where they're coming in, where the vote hasn't yet come in. are they democratic or republican areas? the only sort of trend i see is in florida where i do think romney looks okay. i wouldn't say he's got i
welcome back to this pbs newshour special coverage of election night 2012. i'm judy wood rough. the story so far tonight in the presidential race, president obama has won the traditionally democratic northeast. mitt romney has swept the south. but not a single major battle ground state has yet been called. >> ifill: and i'm gwen i've. it's 9:00 eastern time. the polls have now closed in washington d.c. and in 40 states including 15 which just closed moments ago. we're going to talk to...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening, and welcome to the pbs "newshour" special coverage of the 2012 election. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. a closely fought campaign between president barack obama, and mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, has come down to this night when tens of millions of voters finally have their say. >> ifill: it's just after 8:00 eastern time and the polls have now closed in almost half the states and the district of columbia, including 15 states that closed just hometowns ago. >> woodruff: there are now some fresh results to share with you, based on exit polling in key precincts and early returns, the networks have called the state of georgia for mitt romney. this is not a surprise. this is a state that went to john mccain four years ago, but just to recap, the state of kentucky has also been called for governor romney. the state of vermont going to barack obama, again, not a surprise. this is a very blue state. west virginia for governor romney. and i believe we have one other state, south carolin
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: good evening, and welcome to the pbs "newshour" special coverage of the 2012 election. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. a closely fought campaign between president barack obama, and mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, has come down to this night when tens of millions of voters finally have their say. >> ifill: it's just after 8:00 eastern time and the polls have now closed in...
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science correspondent for pbs newshour mimles o'brien joins u. hello, mimes. >> hello, carol. >> we're talking about scott kelly. mark kelly's twin brother. tell us why he wants to spend so much time in space. >> well, it may be the view. that could be one reason. but really there is some important science which undergrids all of this. if human beings are ever going to travel to mars, the red planet with the current chemical rocket systems that we have, they have to spend a lot of time in weightlessness before they ever get to the surface of the red planet. while there have been some long duration flights, the longest one is 438 days back in the mid-'90s to the russian space station, there are still a lot of gaps in the science as to what this does to our muscles, our bones, our heart, our neurovestibular system. we need to know more. >> the international space station is the only game in space, right? >> it's the only game in space. if you want a long stint in microgravity that's the place to go. a lot of people ask me where's the secret microgr
science correspondent for pbs newshour mimles o'brien joins u. hello, mimes. >> hello, carol. >> we're talking about scott kelly. mark kelly's twin brother. tell us why he wants to spend so much time in space. >> well, it may be the view. that could be one reason. but really there is some important science which undergrids all of this. if human beings are ever going to travel to mars, the red planet with the current chemical rocket systems that we have, they have to spend a...
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i heard something on the newshour, pbs, that was interesting. it was just a statement, but the mormons and the muslims are teaming up to work for charity. i hope that's true. now the election is over. evidently, enough republicans like obama that he's back in there. as far as lindsey graham, i don't know why the tea party is trying to get rid of him. he bashes obama constantly. i have two tv sets on to watch them. the election is over. if you have got a problem, get to your representative or senator and ask him to do the business of the people. they work for us. but when they get elected and they think they are our boss. host: we will be talking about getting to work, coming up next, in the fiscal cliff talks. i first want to let you know that first lady michelle obama will be presented with the official white house christmas tree today. it is a 19-foot fur from jefferson, south carolina that this month.ed they have been presenting the official white house christmas tree for display in the blue room each year since 1966. so that's a little histo
i heard something on the newshour, pbs, that was interesting. it was just a statement, but the mormons and the muslims are teaming up to work for charity. i hope that's true. now the election is over. evidently, enough republicans like obama that he's back in there. as far as lindsey graham, i don't know why the tea party is trying to get rid of him. he bashes obama constantly. i have two tv sets on to watch them. the election is over. if you have got a problem, get to your representative or...
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newshour" and they know much more than 90 of the topic topic at hand so stand back and let them speak. >> i will go first. and what we do the pew research center is polling but we also do a great deal of demographic analysis and kelly which, the patterns that are going to be shipping this country in the electorate for years to come, and this election was a real interesting one from that perspective. maybe it's the way that americans learn about the changing demographics of the country. it takes an election like this. there really wasn't a huge change in the demographics of the electorate 2012 compared to 2008, but it changed just enough and it changed in a certain direction that it mattered a great deal. you know, we saw, you know, hispanics and minorities generally are still underrepresented in the electorate compared to the general public. but in key states we saw the hispanic turnout pickup if we saw the black turnout pickup in a few key states. and this mattered a great deal for the election. i mean, what it caused us to do was to take a broader look at some of the changes in this
newshour" and they know much more than 90 of the topic topic at hand so stand back and let them speak. >> i will go first. and what we do the pew research center is polling but we also do a great deal of demographic analysis and kelly which, the patterns that are going to be shipping this country in the electorate for years to come, and this election was a real interesting one from that perspective. maybe it's the way that americans learn about the changing demographics of the...